Mine Health and Safety Grants

For programmatic or technical questions:

Elif Evrim Polat
202.693.9570
Polat.Elif.e@dol.gov

Ursula A. Frazier
202.693.9883
Frazier.Ursula@dol.gov

For grants management or budget questions:

Shundreka R Mims-Randolph
202.693.9358
Mimsrandolph.Shundreka.R@dol.gov

Mine Health and Safety Grants provide funding to prevent fatalities, disease, and injury from mining and secure safe and healthy working conditions for miners.

Funding may be used for:

• Developing and enforcing state mining laws and regulations
• Improving state workers' compensation and mining occupational disease laws and programs
• Improving safety and health conditions in the nation's mines through federal-state coordination and cooperation
• Training on miners' statutory rights, including the right to be provided a safe working environment and the right to refuse an unsafe task
• Education and training related to occupational health hazards and diseases

Eligible applicants include:

• State, county, city, township, and special district governments
• Public/state controlled institutions of higher education
• Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
• Tribal organizations

Any state in which mining takes place may apply for a grant. The Governor must designate who will apply for the grant on behalf of the state.

Award ceiling: $800,000
Estimated number of awards: 56
Project period: 1 year
Estimated total program funding: $10,537,000

States must provide matching funds of at least 20% of the total program costs.

Links to the full announcement and online application process are available through grants.gov. The application instructions will be found on the related documents tab.